Garment hanger



April 15, 1969 G. M. BONALDI GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov.

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United States Patent 3,438,556 GARMENT HANGER Giacomo M. Bonaldi, 3655Noriega St., San Francisco, Calif. 94122 Filed Nov. 2, 1967, Ser. No.680,063 Int. Cl. A47i 51/08 U.S. Cl. 223-91 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A garment hanger having outwardly extending arms and a crossbar connecting the outward extremities of the said arms, the said armshaving a triangular wedge portion adjacent their extremities on theinner edges thereof, with the long side of the triangular wedge spacedfrom the cross bar, providing a space therebetween for gripping andremovably retaining a garment.

This invention provides a garment hanger adapted for the hanging oftwo-piece suits, slacks, straps, and the like.

My invention provides a hanger having the usual shoul- .der supportingarms, a cross bar supporting portion and a hook portion for supportingthe same.

Along the inner edges of the supporting arm portions 15 adjacent theouter ends thereof are triangular wedge members 16. The long side of thetriangular wedge and the cross bar 17 are substantially parallel butspaced from each other and adapted to hold a pair of trousers or thelike, therebetween.

The triangular wedge spaced from the conventional cross bar of a garmenthanger precludes accidental removal of garments, precludes shifting ofthe garment from side to side, and eliminates any marking or undesirablecreasing or mussing of the garment while being held.

In the case of trousers and ladies slacks, especially those of rayon,Dacron, and other synthetics on the market today, this hanger is a greathelp since they slide easily off the usual hanger. Inserting trousersbetween the triangular wedge and the cross bar portion is faster and thegarment can be easily inspected without disturbing it.

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary elevational view showing the hanger, thetriangular wedge and the cross bar portion.

3,438,556 Patented Apr. 15, 1969 FIGURE 2 is also a fragmentaryelevational front view showing part of the structure of the hangersupporting a pair of trousers inserted between the triangular Wedge andthe cross bar portion of the hanger.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG- URE 1 part of aconventional garment hanger 13 formed from plastic or other suitablematerial which is employed for supporting garments 14 about the lowershoulder portion 15 there forming the triangular wedge 16 adjacent tothe conventional cross bar 17 of a garment hanger 13.

In use the triangular wedge portion parallel to but spaced from thesupporting cross bar portion of a garment hanger are adapted to hold inplace a pair of trousers in a place provided for and the garment issupported for transportation or storage in the manner shown in FIG. 2.

Quite obviously, while the invention has been described as capable ofholding in place a pair of trousers, the hanger structure shown hereinmay be used for supporting other garments such as ladies slacks and thelike.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A garment hanger having a hanging hook, a pair of equal and laterallyopposed continuous rigid shoulder supporting arms extending downwardlyand outwardly from said hook, a rigid cross bar connecting the free endsof said arms, each of said shoulder supporting arms having a fiat solidand rigid immovable wedge member along the inner edge adjacent theirouter ends, the long side of said wedge being closely spaced from butparallel to the cross bar portion of the hanger, the space being of asize to receive and removably hold a substantial portion of the frontand rear edges of the leg portions of a pair of trousers.

2. The garment hanger of claim 1 wherein the complete hanger is formedof a plastic material.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,042,240 5/1936 Shaffer 223-91FOREIGN PATENTS 235,379 9/1961 Australia. 710,684 6/1954 England.

1,424,774 12/1965 France.

PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

G. H. KRITZMANICH, Assistant Examiner.

